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Newspaper Page Textie. Gazetted imes JO PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 37, NO. 17. HEPPNER. OREGON, THUR8DAT, JILV 22. 1020. grB8CRIPT10.T, 9S.OQ TX& YsUB GASOLINE TAKES A FIVE CENT JUMP III PRICE Inability of California, to Supply Lo cal Dt-mand and Consequent Impor. tulloit of Gas from Utah and Wy oming Cause for Increase. Gasoline is up Ore cents. This (was the word received by local agent, Qeorge W. Mllbolland ot the Stan dard Oil company last Friday morn ing. And kerosene went gas on bet ter, being quoted at a six cent In crease. The following telegram was received by Mr. Milholland from the Portland office: "Effective Immediately. Advance your market prices all grades kero sene, all deliveries six and one-halt, price gasoline all deliveries five cents per gallon. In announcing increase In prices make the following state ment to the prow: 'The Portland field for gasoline and kerosene is normal ly supplied from California, but the acute Bliortuge in Ca'Ufonla bat made it impossible to supply from that point. Our stations in Portland field east of the Cascades are notw being supplied with gasoline and kerosene purchased by this company from re fineries In Wyoming and Utah, and the new prices in effect are based on the higher cost of products. Our sup pliers now assure us-that they will supply sufficient gasoline and kero sene to meet the full demand , con tingent, of course, facilities and ade quate supply of tank cars.' " In an article entitled "Conserva tion and Curtailment" in the July issue of the Standard Oil (California) Bulletin, the gasoline situation Is touched upon in part. "As the whole Pacific Coast Is aware, the motorists for some iweeks this year have been unable to obtain all the gasoline de sired. The system of curtailment of gasoline for non-commercial use, In , effect at all points, without discrimin ation, was brought about by the pressing demand of public duty. "Early this year the company be gan to warn the public of the pre carious situation concerning petrol eum products. As the year grew old er, what had previously been foreseen came true there was not enough gasoline to meet all the requirements of the industry and agriculture and all ot the desires of motorists. Re ports of a dangerous situation came down from the farms. The planting season was on and there was insuffi cient gasoline distributed to keep the tractors and irrigation pumps going. Farm operators came to San Francis co and told of idle tactors and crops burning up because of lack of water. "Conservation was a necessity. The method had to be determined. There was only one course to con serve gasoline by curtailing the least essential consumption of the product. What constituted the least essential was clear-joy-riding. Hence, sales to non-commercial cars were curtail ed and the gasoline thus saved de voted strictly to essential use. "Thus far success has been attain ed. There has been no appreciable Interference hvlth either industry or ' agriculture. Had' cutallments not been put into effect, there would not have been enough gasoline for these - essential thliiRs, and the situation would have been economically very serious, affecting everyone on the Pa cific coast, even including the motor ist who has been curtailed." Picture Show For Sale. Picture theater at Arlington for sale. For price and information write or call Ben Leghorn, Arlington, Oregon. FOR HALF Ford car in fine con dition. New engine, cord tires, thor oughly overhauled recently. Call or address L. Van Marter, Heppner, Ore. i RANCH FOR BALK 440 acres, five miles southeast ot Heppner, $26 per acre. Part cash, terms on bal ance. Qood house and barn, plenty of water. Also good Overland car. Win. Souktip, Heppnor, Oregon. 'tf.lp. ATTENTION LADIES I expect to be in Mrs. Luper's mil linery store after next Wednesday and Iwill have a shipment ot remnants for sale. Also the Nu-Bone corsets (the best corset made). Mrs. M. L. Oney. We CleanThem--- Suits, Dresses, Gloves and in fact Everything 'i We specialize in Ladies Wearing Apparel. Don't send your, old clothes away to have them cleaned. We do the work here and guarantee complete satisfaction. ' Prices Are Reasonable Lloyd Hutchinson Main Street . Heppner, Oregon Finds There's A Difference In City Traffic Regulations Traffic rules in Portland are not the same ai those in Heppner, and Sam Van Vactor, prominent lawyer of Heppner, now knows it. Mr. Van Vactor decided that be would not drive his car into the congested dis trict on the west side, nor even cross the rtver, but before he kneV it be was on the Broadway bridge, and there was nothing to do but to go ahead. Ha decided to go to the Im perial, but being in strange surround ings he drove several miles In the thickest of the traffic trying to see the hotel, and when be did see It be had to drive around the block twice before he was sure ot it. Sam stop ped near a white mark. "Get away from that zone," ordered a traffic cop, and the Heppner lawyer started again. Next be was called down at an intersection because he didn't no tice the stop sign. At last he came to in front of the Imperial and was crawling out from under the wheel iwhen a policeman showed up. "Yon can't park in front of a basement en trance; move on," ordered the limb o' the law, and wearily Mr. Van Vac tor got under the wheel once more. After circling the block again he man aged to park about right Portland Morning Oregonlan. ' Washington Man Retires After 65 Years of Continuous Service Washington, July 20. After 66 years of continuous Government ser pice, regarded by officials here as a record never before equalled, Henry J. Wylie, clerk In the Quartermaster's Department ot the U. 8. Marine Corps, will retire on August 20. with un annuity. Mr. Wylie has served the Marine Corps tor 46 rears in the same department. Mr. Wylie entered the Qovernment service In the Post Office In Plttsfleld, Mass., Iwhen 17 years old. In 1861 he enlisted In the army and saw ser vice in three ot the great battles of the Civil war. At the close of the war he was appointed clerk In the Washington navy yard. He left the navy yard to Join the clerical force of the Marine Corps la 18W. During his service in the Marine Corps, Mr. Wylie baa administered the oath of office to the following commandants ot the corps: Major Generals Heywood, Elliot, Biddle, Harnett and Lejeune. Mr. Wylie was born In Plttsfleld, Mass., In 183S. Two Milion Dollars Would be Added to Value on One Hundred Thou sand Acre. 0. A. C. Experiment Btation, Cor vallls, July 21. That sulfur will make at least a ton an acre Increase In yield on 100,000 acres ot alfalfa lands In arid and seml-arld seetlonatJ of the Btate, la Indicated by fertiliser trials In most ot the Important alfal fa growing sections of southern and eastern Oregon. "The value of this Increase at $20 a ton would amount to $2,000,000," says W. L. Pdwers, chief in soils. "As yet farmers have used sulfur on only about one-Blxth of the area and its use can be profitably extended. "Sulfur is best applied to alfalfa land in the fall and harrowed In as it takes some time for It to become effective. An application of 100 pounds an acre is sufficient to meet crop requirements for four or five ears. The material can be applied by hand or with a land plaster Bpreader. ..Where sulfur costs $40 a ton the ini tial cost ot the material for one acre would be $1.00. "Recent quotations have been re ceived on 'sulfur from different sources ranging 90 to 99 per cent purity to cost $27 to $40 a ton deliv ered in 40 ton car lots to Oregon points. On account ot slow freight movements and prospective increase In rates, alfalfa growers In sections where sulfur Is known to help.are ur ged to order material needed now and to pool their orders with cooperative agents ot county farm bureaus. MABH LAMB JS NOW A GOAT i Jet fer smsmm HERMISTON ACCEPTS MORROW COUNTY WHEAT LOCAL CLUB'S OFFER HARVEST UNDER WAY Road Controversy Over Best Route to Pendleton Will Be Determined Bf Representative of State Motor Association. -The foHdwing letter from the Her rriiston Commercial Club,. acceDtinx the challenge ot Ae Heppner Com' mercial Club, appeared in the auto mobile section ot the Portland Sun' day Oregonian this week: Hermiston, Ore., July 9. (To the Automobile Editor) Dear Sir: At the regular meeting ot the Hermiston Commercial club last week, I was in structed, to inform the Heppner Com mercial club, through your columns that it Is our pleasure to accept the proposition from the Heppner club for viewing the disputed routes from McDonald's terry to Pendleton via the Columbia river hlgWway versus the route via Eight Mile, Olex, Hepp- ner, Pilot Rock, except that we desire that the losing club shall stand all the expense connected with the trip, and in order that It may have the publicity to 'which It is entitled, we also Invite a representative ot the Trl-State Automobile association to accompany the representative of the Oregon Btate Motor association, they. to act as unbiased Judges, their Joint decision to be given undisputed pub licity. ' (signed) Hermiston Commercial Club, By E. V. PRIME, Secretary. Astoria, Ore. A six-side logging camp is planned by the Saddle Moun tain Logging company, now operating a two-side camp in its big' tract of timber on the Lewis ft Clark rail road. Two other companies are also logging along the lines ot this road, and a third is moving in. Portland, Ore. The keel ot the second of seven 12,000-ton tank steamers will be laid by the North- west Bridge & Iron company within the next two weeks. Only 600 men are now employed In the plant, but several thousand men will be requir ed when steel production and trans portation are improved sufficiently to allow the yard to operate at full blast. POPULATION BY Morrow County . . Alpine precinct Castle Rock precinct .... Cecil precinct Dairy precinct, Inc. Hardman Eight Mile precinct Gentry precinct, Inc. part of Heppner Gooseberry precinct .............. Heppner precinct, lno. part Heppner Irrigon precinct . ............ Lena precinct ....... ..... Lexington precinct ......... Matteson precinct, lno. part Heppnor Mt. Vernon prec't, Inc. part Heppner North lone precinct .... Parker's Mill precinct .... Pine City precinct South lone precinct .. , Wells Spring precinct . . lone precinct Dwlght Misner of lone Brings In First Sack of Season, of Excellent Qual- ity and High Test Labor Condi tions Good, 'Wheat harvest in lae north t end ot Morrow county is now well under way. Dwight L. Misner of lone has the distinction ot bringing in the first sack of threshed wheat this year. The wheat is said to be ot excellent quality and high test. Mr. Misner was the first farmer last year in fret ting his grain to market. Barley harvest 1b turning out a good yield. In another hveek a bump er wheat harvest will be on in full blast and it 1b anticipated that this year's crop will be exceeded only by that of 1S16, and as a consequence, farmers are feeling highly elated. Labor conditions generally, are reported by farmers to be good, as thus far very little trouble has been experienced in getting help. Har vest wages are the highest ever paid in the county, the minimum being five dollars. v Bend, Ore. A tract of timber 12 miles in length, containing 26,000 acres and located from 32 to 60 miles from Bend, has been purchased by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company for about $1,500,000.' Assurance of the permanence of the lumber Indus try here Is given in the announcement of the company that this tract of tim ber IwiH not be touched tor another 10 years. Klamath Falls, Ore. Klamath county will within a few years lead the world in mint production, in the opinion ot O. H. Todd, Oregon's pio neer mint grower. Portland, Ore. Work has' started on the three-story $750,000 building for the American Can company. With the completion of the new building. the plant will employ a minimum of 700 people and will turn out "tin cans" for the use ot canneries and condensers throughout the Pacific Coast, PRECINCTS-GAINS 1260 1020 1910 6617 4357 211 137 50 271 155 368 465 189 229 383 274 133 142 --. .... 606 436 242 190 204 186 ............ 557 381 - 331 429 ..... 807 621 306 110 60 HI 616 393 98 - - - . 19(H) . 4161 62 131 312 269 340 167 '920 213 406 62 612 110 60 687 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. J. A. Waters left on Sunday for Portland. W. S. Smith, lone realty dealer, spent Wednesday in Heppner on bus iness. Jan. Carty, Tub Springs sheepman, spent Tuesday in Heppner attending to matters of business. Dick Johns returned home Sunday after visiting with relatives in Fox Valley since the 4th ot July. Sam E. Van Vactor, weU known local attorney, spent several days in Portland on business last week. Ben McMulleu who recently bought the barber shop at lone, has sold his Heppner residence property to George Blahm. Gay M. Anderson, secretary ot Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E., is attending the' state convention In Salem this week. ' C. W. McNamer, meat merchant of lone and Heppner, visited here on Tu esday with his partner, B. F. Soren son of the Central Market. C. C. Borthwick, representative of the Miller Saw Trimmer company of Portland, paid Heppner a brief visit on Wednesday, leaving this morning for Bend. Chris Brown, Roy Johnson and Arthur Parker, local farmers, were in town Wednesday making prepara tions to commence harvest within the next few days. G. W. Riley went to Heppner Sat urday. He will return to Enterprise soon, bringing the newy acquired Mrs. Riley home with him. Enterprise Record-Chieftain. Miss Florence Ralston has resign ed her position as bookkeeper at the Farmers & Stockgrowers National Bank ta take a similar position In Tacoma. Miss Gladys Lane succeeds Miss Ralston in the local institution. Professor W. C. Howard and fam ily ot Milton spent the week end vis iting with Heppner relatives and friends and were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adkins. Mr. Hotward is president of Columbia Col lege at Milton. Mrs. J. L. Wilkins and daughter Frances are guests at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herren this week. Dorothy, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herren, recently made a visit ot two weeks at the Wilkins home in Stevenson, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Houston left on Sunday for The Dalles. They ex pect to go on from The Dalles to Cor vallis in their car. Mr. Houston goes to Corvallis to become associated with L..N. Traver.'the contractor who' is rushing new buildings to completion for the O. A. C. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson arriv ed on Sunday from Heppner and ex pect to make their home here. Mrs. Johnson is a Red Cross nurse and will be employed at her profession in the countyi She is not unknown here as she Is a sister of Mrs. S. T. Tippett and of E. H. HInton and will be remembered as Lulu Hinton, as she twas in this county some years ago. Mrs. Johnson had not seen Mr. HInton tor 20 years when she came this week. Enterprise Record Chieftain. Harbison Buys Warehouse. R. E. Harbison has bought the Ely and Willis grain (warehouse at Mor gan and has taken possession of the same. , Bend, Ore. The two sawmills and all the logging camps of the Booth- Kelly Lumber company have resumed operations. The plant closed down for Independence Day, and the mills have been undergoing repairs since that time. "A Woman of Pleasure" Marries .. for Money Alice Dane taught school in a pov erty-stricken fishing village. Being young and beautiful she longed for wealth and all the luxuries and pleas ures that went with it. So when Sir John Turnbull proposed marriage, she accepted and became "A Woman Of Pleasure," at lust. This is the title of the highly dramatic picture to be shown at the Star theater next Saturday. It is Blanche Sweet's newest offering and her first produc tion for Jesse D. Hampton for distri bution by Pathe. Shortly after the loveless marriage the action of the story shifts to Brit ish South Africa, where Sir John has vast mining interests. There a great and powerful love develops between Lady Turnbull and her husband's mine superintendent. The Zulus have been stealing Sir John's gold and an uprising follows, during which Alice Is captured and held as hos tage. Her lover comes to the res cue and a Just Fate, in the guise of the vengeful Zulu chief, removes the obstacle that stands between the hap piness of these two. The cast is a big one boasting such popular artists as Wheeler Ook man, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken, Frederick Starr, Milton Ross, and that clever freckle-fnced young ster, Wesley Barry. Jeff Beamer Buys Eph Eskel son Ranch 100 Acres, $13,500 Jeff Beamer, who recently sold hit Rhea creek ranch to Julian Rauch, has purchased the 100 acre farm of Eph Eskelson on WiUow creek abont three miles above Lexington. The consideration was $13,600, (which in cluded all the crop ot alfalfa, oats and garden truck, aU the stock and machinery and household furniture. The place has about 40 acres under the ditch and 1 considered one ot the best Improved small place in the county. Mr. Beamer plans to stock it to a herd ot fine Jerseys and some hogs. The deal was handled by E. M. Shutt ot Heppner. Fines Are Infposed Upon Men Making Moonshine When arraigned before - Judge Campbell, Chester Baling entered plea of guilty and was fined $400, which he promptly paid and was re leased. A few days later, Ben Moore, who waa arrested with Baling by Sheriff McDuffee, was brought before the Judge and after pleading guilty, was given a fine of $500. Being un able to meet the Judge's assessment, Moore is still doing time in Jail. The men twere charged with the manufac ture of intoxlcents. Eehekah Lodge No. 33 Held Installation On Last Friday The new officers of Ban Soud Re tekah Lodge No. 33 of this city were installed last Friday evening. Mrs. Lillian Turner Is noble grand and Miss Opal Hall Is vice grand. Mrs. Olive Frye was Installing officer and other officers and their respective po sitions are .Pearl Hall, secretary; Pearl Chidsey, treasurer; Sadie Bigs bee, conductor;. Millie Doollttle, warden; Olive Frye, R, S. to N. Q.; Clara Gilliam L. S. to N. G.; Florence Paul, R. a to V. O.; Mattie Huston, L. S. to V. G.; Gene Black,. Inner guard; Rose Hammer, outer guard and Opal Briggs, chaplain. Mrs. Myra Noble Waa grand marshal. Following installation, the members indulged In a little teed. JUNIPER FLATS NOW T The Dalles, Ore. Juniper Flat, a great level plateau south ot here, which,, contains something over 100 square miles, has never produced anything but wheat Now it is spring ing up in orchards, berry patches and diversified farms. This change, which has converted a near-desert to a veri table, garden, is all due to the opera tions of the Wapinita Irrigation Co., which began (work here six months ago. Water was brought from the high hills to the east at the plateau and (works have now been completed to the point where every farm on the Oat can be supplied with abundant water. Juniper Flat is bounded roughly. The principal towns In Juniper Flat are Wapinita, Maupin, Tygh Valley and Wamic. The ter ritory is tributary to The DaUes and is c.onencted With this city by a rail road and stage lines. Mrs. Vaughan Entertained for Niece, Mrs. R. J. Vaughan entertained on Thursday afternoon at her home on Court street fox eighteen young girls. Mrs. Vaughan's niece, Marjorie Vau ghan of Baker and the Misses Mar garet and Katherine West ot The Dalles, who are visiting at the B. R. Patterson home, were the honor guests. Mrs. Vaughan Iwas assisted by Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. C. L. Sweek in making the afternoon an enjoyable one for the young folks. Games were played and In the auto mobile guessing contest, Dorothy Pat tison was winner ot first prise and Margaret Woodson took the second prize. The folldwing guests were present: Zaida Tash, Margaret and Katherine West, Eleanor Cohn, Marjory Clark, Patricia Mahoney, Marjory Vaughan, Margaret Barratt, Margaret Wood son, Bernice Woodson, Ruth Hlrl, Frances Parker, Mary Crawford, Mary Patterson, Katherine Bisbee, Louise Thomson, Celia Kenny, Mary Farley and Dorothy Pattison. HOW TO GET THAT WHEAT TO MARKET? A question that hjis been on the niinJ of more than one fanner the pad few weeks. Scarcity of transportation facilities makes the problem a difficult viw except that farmer can buy a good tmck and save enough on the sea son's hauling to pay for that truck. When we say "a pood truck" we mean the U. S., one of the five standard trucks on the market today. Fear & Jennings Local Dealers Heppner, Oregon PER CENT IN DECADE Town and County Make Substantia! Growth Since 1910 lone and Lex ington Also Make Good Increase In Population. Heppner has a population ot 1324, according to figures given out by the federal census bureau last Saturday. This is an Increase of 60 per cant In a decade, as the census ot 1910 gave this city a population ot 180. The report shows that Ions near ly doubled in population during the ten year period, making a growth of seller than 95 per cent. Lexingtcf gained better tnas 42 per cent, while tiardman remained practically at a standstill with a gain ot but 2. The official figures give: 1920 1910 Inc. Heppner 1324 880 444 lone 439 231 200 Lexington 2(4 186 ' 79 Hardman 193 191 X Morrow county's population is 6617 according to figures issued the last week, by the census bureau. This is an increase of 1240 over 1910, or 28.9 per cent. Ot the ten Oregon counties announced, only two of them show a decrease. These ax Harney and Crook. Crook county lost several thousand when Deschutes county was carved out ot her boundaries. .; The figures foUow: Crook 3424; 1910, 9316; decrease 6901, or 63.1 per cent. Curry 1026; 1910, 2044; Increase 981, or 48 per cent. Douglas 21,332; 1910, 11,174; increase 1658, or 8.4 per cent. Gil liam, 19(0; 1910, 17(1; increase 261 or 7 per cent. Harney 1191; 1910, 4059; decrease (7, or 1.7 per cent. Hood River 1116; 1910, 1011; in crease 299, or 1.7 per cent. Lincoln 6084; 1910, 6617; Increase 497, or 8.1 per cent. Malheur 10,907; 1110, 8601; Increase 2306, or 26J per cent. Morrow 6617; 1910, 4357; Increase 1260, or 21.9 per cent. Wallowa 9778; 1910," 8364; increase 1414, or 16.9 per cent. Shearer. Ore. -The fall of the Deschutes river near hire, which have been the site ot nothing but a toll bridge and a white-elephant hotel for the past 30 years, are to be oar nessed soon by the Eastern Oregon Land Company. Enormous potential electrical energy is now going to waste. i Harrisburg, Ore. Hundreds ot tons of hay recently harvested near here are lying around and may be lost, aU because there Is no balling wire to be had in this vicinity lor love or money. ," , ; Portland, Ore. Iceless refrigera tors, manufactured in this city by the Iceless Refigerator company, baejv been on the market less than a vear. but are already aellinr in lam nnan. titles throughout the northwest and middle (west. The iceless ice-box works on a principle ot water circu lation and evaporation. ; Leaping Into the Limelight Girls who aspire to become motion picture actresses twill envy the ease with which Alice Elliot, Monroe Salis bury's leading' woman, entered the realm of the silent drama. Miss Elliot, who appears in support ot the star In his latest Universal pro duction, "His Divorced Wife," had tame literally thrust upon her. A year ago Miss Elliot was de butante in the society whirl ot Ber eley, a fashionable town near the Uni versity of California and a leader in college dramatics. Her father Is one ot the most successful attorneys In th tweat and had no idea ot the tarn that awaited his daughter. One day a Universal director chanced to attend a dramatic enter tainment at the University and was struck by Miss Elliot's beauty and stage presence. He asked her to Join the Universal City forces. After overcoming parental objec tion Miss Elliot agreed to try it "Just for a week." Her success was in stantaneous. In "His Divorced Wife," which comes to the Star theater next Tues day, Miss Elliot plays the role ot a Kentucky village belle.